Psalms 41 — ULB

For the chief musician. A psalm of David.

41Verse 1Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak;
in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him.
^{Verse 2}Yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive,
and he will be blessed on the earth;
Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his enemies.
^{Verse 3}Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering;
you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.
^{Verse 4}I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
^{Verse 5}My enemies speak evil against me, saying,
'When will he die and his name perish?'
^{Verse 6}If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things;
his heart gathers up my disaster for itself;
when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.
^{Verse 7}All who hate me whisper together against me;
against me they hope for my hurt.
^{Verse 8}They say, “An evil disease holds on tightly to him;
now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more.”
^{Verse 9}Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me.
^{Verse 10}But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up
so that I may pay them back.
^{Verse 11}By this I know that you delight in me,
for my enemy does not triumph over me.
^{Verse 12}As for me, you support me in my integrity
and will keep me before your face forever.
^{Verse 13}May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.